Wesley King Books in Order
Explore Wesley King's books in order, with short summaries, series background, and clear guidance that helps you choose the best place to start reading.
Last updated: July 14, 2026
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Wesley King books in publication order
14 books
The Vindico
by Wesley King
2012
Five teenagers are kidnapped by aging supervillains and trained to inherit their powers. As they plot escape, they uncover a murkier battle between villains and heroes and must decide which side deserves their loyalty.
The Feros
by Wesley King
2013
James, Hayden, Sam, Emily, and Lana expect to join the League of Heroes, until they are framed for crimes they did not commit. With allies missing and old mentors freed, they must expose the truth before their enemies close in.
The Incredible Space Raiders from Space!
by Wesley King
2015
Jonah wakes aboard a spaceship and learns he has been drafted into a child force meant to save the universe. When fellow Space Raiders start disappearing, he must uncover the truth before the mission reaches the Dark Zone.
Dragons vs. Drones
by Wesley King
2016
While searching for proof that his missing father was not a traitor, computer whiz Marcus cracks a code into the dragon-filled realm of Dracone. Government drones follow, forcing Marcus and dragon rider Dree to stop a growing war.
OCDaniel
by Wesley King
2016
Daniel hides the obsessive thoughts and routines he calls Zaps from his football teammates and family. When Sara notices him and a mysterious note asks for help, he is drawn into a case that changes how he sees himself.
Enemy of the Realm
by Wesley King
2017
Marcus, Dree, and George search for the Flames' ancient Egg, hoping its magic can save Dracone from an expanding drone army. But government interference, uneasy rebels, and a fragile dragon-human alliance make every choice costly.
Laura Monster Crusher
by Wesley King
2017
After moving to a new town, bullied eighth grader Laura finds friends, strange eyes in the woods, and a rattling closet. The secret beneath her house reveals that she has been chosen to train as a monster crusher.
A World Below
by Wesley King
2018
An earthquake traps an eighth-grade class deep beneath Carlsbad Caverns, where their teacher disappears and supplies run low. Told through several viewpoints, this survival story follows students facing danger, conflict, and unexpected secrets underground.
Training Camp
by Wesley King
2019
The struggling West Bottom Badgers get a mysterious new coach whose basketball training includes magic and hard truths. As players such as Rain and Twig face their fears, the team learns that real improvement takes more than talent.
Sara and the Search for Normal
by Wesley King
2020
Sara wants to be normal, but panic, isolation, and multiple diagnoses make school feel impossible. A new friend from therapy pulls her into unfamiliar experiences, and Sara must decide how much she can risk for friendship.
Season One
by Wesley King
2020
Benchwarmer Reggie dreams of becoming a key player for the West Bottom Badgers, but grief and self-doubt weigh him down. As magical practices intensify, he must survive the gym's trials and find a reason to keep working.
Hello
by Wesley King
2021
As pandemic lockdown begins in California, Max meets Jonah in a grocery store. Their connection grows through calls, messages, and distanced dates, but anxiety, family pressures, and unequal circumstances make falling in love far from simple.
Butt Sandwich & Tree
by Wesley King
2022
After Green flees a disastrous basketball tryout, his coach's valuable necklace vanishes and everyone suspects him. Green and his protective older brother Cedar investigate the theft while learning to better understand each other's differences.
Benny on the Case
by Wesley King
2025
Benny, an eleven-year-old with Mosaic Down syndrome, starts a mainstream classroom and hopes to make a friend. When thefts hit the Newfoundland retirement home where he lives, Benny and new classmate Salma set out to catch the culprit.
Where to start with Wesley King
For superhero action: The Vindico → The Feros
For thoughtful school mysteries: Sara and the Search for Normal → OCDaniel
For basketball and magic: Training Camp → Season One
For a tense middle-grade adventure: A World Below
Wesley King sub-series and character series
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Author bio
Wesley King grew up in Ajax, Ontario, and became the kind of writer who takes young readers' worries seriously without making a story feel like homework. His books move between superheroes, basketball courts, strange underground worlds, school mysteries, and first friendships. Even when the premise gets wild, the feelings usually stay close to the ground.
He studied journalism at Carleton University, then began working on the novel that became The Vindico. That debut follows five teenagers kidnapped and trained by aging supervillains, and it set up a question King returns to often: what happens when kids are handed a role they never asked for?
The book opened the door to more adventures. The Feros continues the superhero story, while Dragons vs. Drones and Enemy of the Realm send a young codebreaker into a realm where dragons are at war with weaponized machines. King also wrote the space adventure The Incredible Space Raiders from Space! and the underground survival tale A World Below.
He likes putting ordinary kids in very unordinary situations.
King's more realistic books have become an important part of his work, too. In OCDaniel, Daniel hides the obsessive thoughts and routines that shape his days until a classmate draws him into a mystery. King has spoken openly about living with obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety, and those experiences helped him write Daniel's fears, humor, and isolation from the inside. The related novel Sara and the Search for Normal gives Sara, a key character from Daniel's story, her own path through therapy, friendship, and the pressure to seem normal.
His middle-grade novels often make room for kids who feel overlooked. Butt Sandwich & Tree follows brothers Green and Cedar as they investigate a missing necklace after Green becomes the main suspect. Benny on the Case centers on Benny, a boy with Mosaic Down syndrome, as he starts a mainstream class and tries to solve thefts at the retirement home where he lives. These books mix mystery and humor with family bonds and the awkward work of finding your place.
Sports show up often in King's stories. He grew up playing sports, and he later collaborated with Kobe Bryant on the Wizenard books, a basketball fantasy about the struggling West Bottom Badgers and their unusual coach. Training Camp and Season One use magical challenges to explore practice, teamwork, grief, and the gap between wanting to improve and knowing how.
King has also co-written Hello (From Here) with Chandler Baker, a young adult romance set during the first months of pandemic lockdown. It follows two teens trying to build a relationship while their world becomes smaller and more uncertain.
Across all these books, King gives his characters room to be scared, funny, stubborn, and hopeful.
He has spoken with students around the world, and he now lives on a windy seaside bluff in Western Newfoundland, Canada. It is a fitting home base for an author whose stories keep looking past the familiar horizon.
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